Attendease

MAY 31, 2023

Before the arrival of modern event planning tools, planning great events was no easy feat. The development of today’s tools has allowed organizations and teams alike to unlock their creative potential, maximize resources, and deliver exceptional events with ease.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This includes tools like project management solutions, marketing tools, association event management software , and complete AMS systems. Event management software: registration tools, conference badge design , event apps, hybrid platforms, etc. Social media management tool: content calendars, scheduled posts, analytics, etc.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 13, 2021

I’m a big proponent of fishbowls as a tool to manage wide-ranging group discussions. (To So when I heard about a free tool for online fishbowls — Stooa — I thought I’d take a look. I haven’t used the tool with a large number of attendees, so I can’t say how it holds up under load. Limitations.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, Sounds crazy, yes, but stay with me! The online portion.

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Attendease

JUNE 5, 2023

With the vast amount of software available in the market, it can be challenging to find the right event management tool for your business. Like any good SaaS tool, the quality of your partner lies in how they can empower you through your unique customer journey. Onboarding and time investment can be daunting.

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EventMB

JUNE 7, 2018

Virtual meetings can be a cost-saving or revenue-generating option as an event planner. But only if you have the right tools and know-how. When it comes to virtual meeting event tech, there are several categories and types of tools you can use. We’ve looked at a lot of them (correction TONS of them) in this […].

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Eventmobi

JULY 5, 2023

Read on to learn about: The type of marketing your association should do The 8 steps you can take to build an actionable strategy How to use digital & community marketing to market your membership program How to use event marketing for your association And several association marketing tools to add to your arsenal! Huge networking night?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In general, there seems to be a strong desire to meet in-person again and registrations numbers are trending higher. From a frantic switch to online events and now a pivot back to in person, the meeting planning industry continues to need agile and creative leaders. Motivate Early Registration. Plan for the Unplanned: Labor and Food.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Water Coolers’ parodies help audiences understand that they are not alone At the intersection of performance and meeting, comedy and musical, is recognition and meaning. Attendees at Smart Women in Meetings Awards Gala were treated to an opening medley by The Water Coolers crafted to remind them that they are not alone.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Known as Spark, the planning-specific platform will maintain a free version along with a paid version offering enhanced features that rolls out on October 23. platform designed specifically for the business-events industry—on October 23.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

You no longer need to do everything manually nor rely on a large suite of costly digital tools to achieve a great event. In fact, modern corporate meeting planning software can help you optimize and automate processes so that you and your team can save time and resources over time.

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EventMB

JULY 25, 2023

Skift Take: Cvent, the world's largest event technology company, has unveiled two new products and is rolling out a new instant booking tool across Choice Hotels International's portfolio of franchised hotels. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Skift Take: With corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals taking center stage, meeting and event professionals will need to prioritize stronger sustainability measures while carefully tracking their impact. Here are practical tools and resources that will help turn those goals into reality.

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ePly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Event registration tools are a must-have for organizing events of any size. Event registration software allows registrants to sign up and pay for events, whether a single function or a multi-event, multi-day happening. Here’s a closer look at some of the most popular software tools. If your event is free, so is the application.

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Event Industry News

MAY 29, 2020

What should ballrooms look like when we are all back to meeting again? Meeting planners no longer have to worry about figuring that out. A new event-tech tool could smooth the return to meeting by making it easy to plan room layouts that take each region’s safety rules and recommendations into account. Room to Experiment.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In the eight months since GroupSync Engage debuted, the real-time event-booking tool from technology firm Groups360 has been implemented by more than 500 of IHG’s 5,000 hotels, all 50 properties from Omni Hotels & Resorts, and 5,000 of the 6,500 properties in Hilton’s portfolio.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2023

To explore this further, Smart Meetings sat down with Michelle Mason, president and CEO of ASAE , to learn how meeting professionals can bring members together in more meaningful ways and what the next generation of convention attendees want in their experience. It’s just a matter of how we use that tool to complement our work.”

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Today on Event Tech Podcast, we’re talking about event management tools. And we simply couldn’t resist dedicating an episode to event management through the lenses of tech and tools. So, are you ready to get into the nitty and gritty of event management tools? Jumping into event management tools, Michael begins.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Skift Take: Now that business events have come roaring back has Zoom — the lifeline for many companies whose employees couldn’t or wouldn’t meet in person — become less relevant? Julie Moline Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings. Absolutely not.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 11, 2021

I think it’s also a meeting problem: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.” And so it goes with meetings. It’s why businesses sponsor meetings. All meeting design needs to recognize this reality. ” — E.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 17, 2020

COVID-19 has virtually eliminated in-person meetings: our industry’s bread and butter. In order to overcome the many significant challenges created by the coronavirus, the meeting industry has made valiant efforts to rethink in-person meetings. Why in-person meetings do not make sense in a COVID-19 environment.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. The three other meetings did not share historical attendance data.).

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. The usual caveats. Butter is less than a year old.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 29, 2023

A recent case study shows that 78% of customers buy from the first responder — so, exactly how much money are you leaving on the table by not having CRM software with robust management tools that support timely communication? Here’s everything you need to know about the recent changes to Planning Pod’s Communications tool!

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Event Farm

MARCH 10, 2022

Last fall, ASAE announced that to minimize risk, they are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for admittance to their in-person meetings and events until further notice. . To learn how you can leverage Event Farm’s suite of safety tools to streamline your in-person event entry requirements contact us now.

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GEVME

MAY 15, 2020

And when it comes to organizing online events in 2020, apart from event planning skills, it requires the knowledge of online event management tools and technology. However, there is a plethora of software for event management available online, and some of the event management tools are even available for free. So it begs the question.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Tired of meetings that don’t end on time? Things were bad enough when we held our meetings in person. Now so many meetings are online, it’s easy to saddle remote workers with back-to-back meetings. But you can stay on time at online meetings when they’re your meetings — if you follow the guidance below!

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings. Skift Take: Planners must pay to play for the latest venue and vendor sourcing platform. Investors are betting on slick technology paired with proactive human support will prove popular in a competitive market.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is the first edition of Meetings Uncovered—Smart Meetings’ newest column focused on keeping you up to speed with the latest news in the hospitality industry. . These are missed birthday parties, graduations, time with loved ones and important meetings.”. Read more here. Read more here.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

With all the new technologies available to event professionals, often the process of selecting the right tech tool becomes prioritized over anything else. As proof, consider this: In 2020, there were about 200 digital event solutions, including registration tools, event platforms, and attendee engagement tools. Choose Tools.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 30, 2018

Here’s a powerful tool you can use to generate creative event designs. You can use this tool for every aspect of event design. Rarely, however, is this tool used to design events that creatively incorporate, illuminate, and support core desires and outcomes for the meeting. What’s the tool?

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 5, 2020

While planning killer events is becoming increasingly more difficult and complicated, plenty of new tools are constantly arriving in the event management market that can keep you on track and make your working life less chaotic. 8 Essential Event Management Tools for Every Event Planner. Sign up here to try it out. Accounting.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Day two of IMEX22 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center Las Vegas kicked off with a keynote address by Shane Feldman, founder of Count Me In , who stressed the importance of creating an inclusive experience at meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Skift Take: Now that business events have come roaring back has Zoom — the lifeline for many companies whose employees couldn’t or wouldn’t meet in person — become less relevant? Julie Moline Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings. Absolutely not.

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Social Tables

MAY 18, 2023

To keep up with venue needs and enhance the planner experience, we’ve been working on exciting enhancements to our suite of event diagramming tools. In this post, you’ll learn about the many easy-to-use, intuitive new tools coming soon. New Event Diagramming tools and features improve every stage of an event’s lifecycle!

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 24, 2021

What’s on a meeting professionals Christmas list? While the site sells products a la carte, it features four kits, with gear curated to specific jobs in the event world: meeting planners, event producers, social planners, and wedding planners. The other three kits come in rolling hard cases.

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